On Miss M--'s's Dancing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG| Of all that gives politeness birth | A |
| Of all that claims to please | B |
| In motion manners or in mirth | A |
| The surest source is ease | B |
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| With silent step and graceful air | C |
| See gentle Sylvia move | D |
| Whilst heedless gazers unaware | C |
| Resign their soul to love | E |
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| Accomplish'd maid my trivial rhyme | F |
| Must do thy graces wrong | G |
| Who dost not only dance in time | F |
| But steal like time along | G |
William Shenstone
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